DALLAS — 7-Eleven is testing at 27 Dallas-area locations a new plastic wrap developed by supplier Fresh Del Monte Produce to keep single bananas yellow and firm for five days, more than double the two-day shelf life for an unwrapped banana, reported USA Today. If it's a success, 7-Eleven could roll out plastic-wrapped bananas to most of its 5,787 stores by early 2010.

"Our customers want yellow bananas—not brown," CEO Joe DePinto said. Fresh Del Monte created the wrap, which slows respiration by keeping most oxygen and moisture out. The bananas, green when wrapped, will ripen more slowly.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Pilot Travel Centers LLC, in an agreement with Walgreens, is offering free seasonal flu shots to all 14,000 of the company's employees nationwide in order to protect the health of associates and customers alike. The free influenza vaccine is being offered to all Pilot Travel Center employees whether they participate in the company's medical plan or not.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Fisher-Rex Sandwich Co. is voluntarily recalling some of its prepackaged sandwiches after tests by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services confirmed the presence of listeria monocytogenes in product samples, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced yesterday. The recall followed action by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration against Rel's Foods Inc., Oakland, Calif., seeking to stop that company from manufacturing, producing and selling adulterated food products.